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U.S. Military Opens Vietnam Office In Anti-HIV/AIDS Effort

This article was originally published in PharmAsia News

22 May 2008

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Executive Summary

The U.S. Pentagon has opened an office in Hanoi to help coordinate the President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief, which includes a provision for antiretroviral drugs. The $88 million PEPFAR program in Vietnam is part of a global focus on 15 countries considered vulnerable to a spread of HIV/AIDS. The Pentagon is tying with the People's Army of Vietnam and its Military Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology to make sure it has ARV programs and a full range of laboratory services in place. (Click here for more